A yellow hose runs past the foot of giant sequoias in the Sierra National Forest, and sprinklers drench the forest floor. Those sprinklers are among the last line of defense installed by firefighters ...

The photo was taken in early May of 2023, about 10 years after this patch of forest in Yosemite National Park burned in the 2013 Rim Fire. Photo by Robert Wilkerson. Researchers have found that low to ...

California fire crews are scrambling to save a grove of giant sequoias that is being threatened by a forest fire in the Sierra Nevada, going so far as to surround the trees with sprinklers and ...

LONE PINE, Calif. (AP) — The flames fade away. Firefighters extinguish the last embers. A final curl of smoke uncoils in the wind. A wildfire in the California wilderness has come to an end, and ...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Sierra Front Nevada Incident Management Team 5 explained the potential fire impacts, the latest outlook highlights, and changing conditions for the next three days in Nevada ...

The Garnet Fire made a significant run on Sunday and into Monday, burning through an additional 12,000 acres up a large drainage full of dead and downed trees in the Sierra Nevada foothills near ...

A dozer approaching the September 2024 Lake Mountain Fire south of Tuscarora in Elko County. (Photo by Jeremiah Braun, Bureau of Land Management/National Interagency Fire Center) In Nevada, the ...

In Nevada, the majority of wildfires happen in the summer – but not all. And this year, dry conditions and strong winds have the potential to fuel destructive late-year fires. Wildfires in Nevada are ...